BEST CARE SENIOR LIVING AT ST PETE LLC — Assisted Living in Saint Petersburg, Florida
Best Care Senior Living at St Pete LLC is a 120-bed assisted living facility in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 33 out of 100 (Serious concerns), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. The record also includes 4 state sanctions or final orders, a formal enforcement signal. It accepts Medicaid and VA benefits. It has operated under Best Care Senior Living at St Pete LLC for about 6 years.
The score mainly reflects a high volume and recent recurrence of routine deficiencies rather than any serious enforcement action, and most of those citations have been corrected. Recurring themes include resident care, medication management, staff training, staffing standards, physical plant, and background screening, and recent inspections show fewer open citations overall, indicating an improving trend.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 33/100 — Serious concerns. This is CareQED's summary of Florida AHCA's published inspection findings, not an AHCA rating. How the Score works.
Inspection & Enforcement (AHCA)
- Class 1 violations: 0
- Class 2 violations: 0
- Class 3 violations: 16
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 3
- Substantiated complaints: 8
- Sanctions/final orders: 4
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- Accepts Medicaid
- Accepts VA benefits
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: 3rd Party Part-Time
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
Licensed beds: 120 · For-Profit · Operator since 2020 · Fines: $3,500 · 1001 DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ST N, SAINT PETERSBURG, FL, 33701-1514 · (727) 823-2651
Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), as of 2026-06-21. Not affiliated with AHCA; verify directly. Methodology.
Inspection History (Florida AHCA)
Last inspected Mar 2026. 47 operational inspection(s) on record, including 41 complaint investigation(s) of which 19 substantiated. 65 deficiency citation(s), 97% corrected. Recurring findings: Resident Care (cited in 8 inspections), Medication (cited in 7 inspections), Training (cited in 7 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 5 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 4 inspections), Background Screening Clearinghouse (cited in 4 inspections), Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (cited in 3 inspections), Records (cited in 3 inspections), Limited Mental Health (cited in 3 inspections).
Mar 2, 2026 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — open
- Medication (Class 3) — open
Feb 11, 2026 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2026
Jun 26, 2025 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2025
Apr 10, 2024 · Standard
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class Unclassified) — corrected May 2024
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2024
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2024
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class Unclassified) — corrected May 2024
- Alzheimer Disease/dementia; Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2024
- In-person Visitation (Class 3) — corrected May 2024
Dec 8, 2023 · Complaint
- Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
- Alzheimer's Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
Oct 12, 2023 · Complaint
- Emergency Management Planning (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2023
May 4, 2023 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2023
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2023
Mar 8, 2023 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2023
Dec 8, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 16, 2022 · Complaint
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2022
Apr 19, 2022 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 16, 2021 · Complaint
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class Unclassified) — corrected Jan 2022
Sep 15, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 11, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 4, 2020 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2020
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2020
Jul 30, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 7, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 6, 2019 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 3, 2019 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 13, 2019 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2019
Dec 5, 2018 · Complaint
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2019
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Feb 2019
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2019
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected Feb 2019
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2019
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2019
Apr 16, 2018 · Standard
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2018
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018
Oct 31, 2017 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 10, 2017 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Mar 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2017
- Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2017
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2017
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2017
Sep 22, 2016 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 21, 2016 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2016
Apr 21, 2016 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2016
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2016
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2016
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2016
Mar 1, 2016 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 17, 2015 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 29, 2015 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 20, 2015 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 17, 2014 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 21, 2014 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 27, 2014 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 21, 2014 · Standard
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2014
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2014
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2014
Mar 31, 2014 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Fiscal (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Resident Contracts (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
Jan 27, 2014 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
Dec 10, 2013 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
Nov 19, 2013 · Complaint
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Jan 2014
Oct 18, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 23, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 19, 2013 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2013
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2013
Mar 27, 2013 · Complaint
- Records (Class 2) — corrected Aug 2013
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2013
Feb 27, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 6, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 15, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 4, 2012 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.